Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering Emphasis (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Degree

The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. Additionally, there are four possible areas of emphasis within this chemical engineering program major. These are: biological and pharmaceutical engineering (134 units); materials engineering (134 units); energy and sustainability (134 units); petroleum and subsurface engineering (134 units). An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the primary major name on the transcript.

Sample student schedules are located on the department web page (chems.usc.edu).

Common Requirements for the BS Degree and All Areas of Emphasis (118 units)

See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees .

Emphasis in Materials Engineering

The requirement for the Bachelor of Science with an emphasis in Materials Engineering is 134 units. A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all upper-division courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department in which the courses are taken. In addition to the common requirements:

• Students must complete the following course:

• MASC 310L Materials Behavior and Processing Units: 4

• Students must complete three electives from the following list:

• BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Units: 4
• CHE 475 Physical Properties of Polymers Units: 4
• CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Units: 4
• CHEM 455 Chemical Nanotechnology Units: 4
• MASC 334L Mechanical Behavior of Materials Units: 4
• MASC 350L Nanostructured Materials: Design, Synthesis and Processing Units: 4
• MASC 455 Computational Materials I: Introduction to Atomistic Simulation Units: 4
• MASC 471 Applied Quantum Mechanics for Engineers Units: 4
• MASC 483 Introduction to Machine Learning for Materials Units: 4
• PHYS 304 Mechanics Units: 4